Introduction - Bang & Olufsen BeoSound Shape Installation Manual

Introduction

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Introduction
BeoSound Shape is a unique scalable wireless speaker system that can be customdesigned and turn high-quality music into an interior art form.
It is designed as a modular combination of hexagonal shapes that are combined in a wall decoration, which can be placed on the wall in the size
and pattern you prefer. It consists of a combination of Speakers, Amplifiers, Empty and Damper Tiles that you can combine in different patterns,
fabrics and colours. The amplifier tile contains the electronics and eight amplifiers. This tile can drive up to 4 speaker tiles. Each speaker tile
includes two driver units; one ¾-inch tweeter and a 5 1/4-inch bass/midrange unit.
The speaker system is mend to be set up together with a BeoSound Core, but the amplifier tile together with some speaker tiles can also be
connected to other audio sources via Power Link or Optical In.
Embedding BeoSound Core you are able to wirelessly stream high quality music from your mobile device via the latest streaming technologies such
as AirPlay, Google Cast or Bluetooth. You also have the BeoLink Multiroom functionality making BeoSound Shape part of the family of products
that can play different music in different rooms or let one tune flow throughout your home.
A special cable solution means that although it is an active speaker design with one amplifier per driver, you only need one cable per speaker tile,
and you can combine several amplifier and speaker tiles in one coherent system and thereby increase the sound performance. You simply daisy
chain from one amplifier tile to the next. You will have tiles that have no speakers or electronics inside but which binds the design into a coherent
look and may be hiding BeoSound Core, dampening materials, the cabling or the mains outlet.
There are practically no limitations as to the number of tiles you can have in a design, but we have tested a setup with 44 tiles. Each amplifier tile
includes eight amplifiers of each 80 watts so the performance of the system depends on the number of amplifier and speaker tiles you have. Each
amplifier tile can drive up to four speaker tiles.
A star rail, which has to hold the design, is easily clicked together with connector rails to create the pattern you want on the plain and vertical wall.
This means you can create the placement of the tile s e.g. on the floor before you mount the system on the wall. The Star Rail is screwed into the
wall and then you start mounting the tiles with the electronics, the drivers and the cabling. The cabinet holds the cabling in place so the
installation looks neat. The Bang & Olufsen Logo badge is created as an attachment in aluminium, which you can easily click on in one of the
connectors if you want to on any side of the tiles and on any time, you want to.
The speaker system is designed by the costumer in the Configuration Tool on www.bang-olufsen.com. The design is stored on a BeoCloud account
and a PDF with details is created. When the BeoSound Shape is mounted on the costumers wall, the Bang & Olufsen app is used to setup the
system with the configuration specialised for exactly this design.